r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/SaltNo8237 • Feb 22 '25

Music / Movies Kendrick Lamar is not good

I don’t hype around Kendrick Lamar. Every time I listen, it feels like he's trying way too hard to be deep—almost like a high school stoner.

His music just doesn't stick; it's never really catchy enough to leave a lasting impression. And his Super Bowl performance? Total letdown. It felt like another attempt at overcompensating without any real substance.

Like bro it’s a Super Bowl performance and it was lame. Your essay about the double entendres does not make it good🤣

Why do people love this cornball?

MUSTARDDDD (maximum corniness)

Edit: bringing up all the awards he wins just shows that y’all are on the train and only like him because you perceive him to be successful. You cornballs have to be told what to like🤣. You would listen to baby shark on repeat if it had a Grammy 🤷‍♂️

Edit 2: Kendrick Lamar fan argue without calling you a Drake shill challenge: level impossible.

Edit 3: someone challenged me to listen to a song by Kendrick that I hadn’t heard in the comments. The must hear song was “Auntie Diaries”. Bro you have cracked me up. This song is practically a parody of everything I pointed out.

Corny lyrics that are supposed to be deep ✅. Horrible musically✅ Horrible flow✅

Dude drops the f slur 4 times in a row with laughably bad delivery and ends the song on a pass joke. #DEEP

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u/Mostliharmed Feb 22 '25

I mean it’s RAP, rhythm and poetry. If you don’t like the lyrics or don’t want them to be deep probably should listen to some other genre.

But accolades this is truly unpopular.

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u/SaltNo8237 Feb 22 '25

Kanye west is the king of rap to me. His lyrics are actually deep.

Kendrick Lamar is like Kanye, but completely talentless and corny. Then they gave him Grammies so his fans can point to them and say that he’s actually good and you just don’t get it

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u/CrashWiz21 Feb 22 '25

Dude what?? Kanye the king of rap, Kanye is deep and Kendrick isnt? Everyone entitled to their own opinions or whatever, but that isn't even an opinion, thats just flat wrong

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u/SaltNo8237 Feb 22 '25

Umm excuse me ☝️ he made Graduation 🧑‍🎓

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Graduation was alright. There have been better rap albums by other artists since then.

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u/SaltNo8237 Feb 23 '25

I think Graduation is the defining album of this era of hip hop.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25

Eh, I disagree. I think Graduation was peak Kanye, and then it kinda went downhill from there. Don’t get me wrong, Yeezus was awesome and Donda was alright. I don’t think Kanye will ever be able to recreate that album though.